Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-15


IL wss reported % shs sfreess syesser-
day tkaa intslIiRsmse bad hssn rsssived
20 the s9sss that George Ysnabis
suith. the bad pushsR In the @Modsl
Cooperative CsmmOnws@ishS suksme.
bad skippsd out vita large ansznt 81
funds beionging 10 the snseEprise, but
after diIixens ssaroh the report eouId
nos Be traced 10 Q reliable souree- Tbs
Milw8ukse SenttH<E Of AArcn 1sk has
this 10 cay Of GeogRe Ve1Abls and his
scheme. under the beading Of "A 30
cialisaie Paradise On Pnget S0und":
Nineteen Milwaakeeans have joined
. colony which is TO be model co.
operative cemmouwealth,' known as
the Puget Bound Colony. IL is 10 be .
community without churches % saloons
viii be populated By people wbo are N
moderate circumstances, aud Who are
possessed Of liberal minds With pEaeai-
cal ideas, said enc Of the Lumber last
aighf.
The colony will he located on Puget
Sound, IN Washington Territory, near
Seattle, tbs exact site Of Which is kepf Q
secFse 10 prevent land RFabbers" from
getting the best Of the professions OF the
enterprise. TIE colony viii be under
the control and management OF the
Credis F0ncieg Of the Puget Sound, an
Incorporated joint stock association,
which the general manager, Geo. Ven
able Smith, says sis being organized
for tie purpose Of psttinR in practtce
snoh systems Of social reform ~ 10 isO
lated cases have In practice proven emi-
nentIy auecessful." - city is 20 be IN
coFpoFated," be said. when 1000 sub
seribers have BEEN secured. A joint
stock company will be incorporated snd
operated under the laws Of Washington
Territory, With q capital stock Of xl,-
10000 10 10000 shares Of $40 each ;
but IN oontradistinctiou 10 stock csD-
panies Of the present day. 1t viii be
founded on the bass Of both labor and
capital. instesd Of capital alone, each
sharing equitably in the division OF the
PROFITS.
The land will be purchased by the
corporations and the use, only for actual
occupation for homes, will DO sold TO
solonists, in city lots, varying frs N
25x100 10 Q whole square S00x6O0 feet.
the latter being the greatest amount Of
A1a@@A1N
allowed TO purchase. Property eannot
be leased, rented, moFtRaRsd or sold
10 any other than the company, snd
then only for she prizes paid and she
value Of the improvements. Each cello
Rist will be Obliged to own at least one
lot in one of q series Of six, costing
fFsm SO 10 $50 each. The colony
corporation, through regularly elected
officers, in departments, will conduct
all Observation-Disclosures. farming
and distYibution-as well as eommeEce
With the rest Of the world. Every colo
mist will be q part owner and will Be
entitled 10 the fixed wages or compeB-
sation agreed upon and 30 an equitable
share Of the profits which she indi.
vidHal imam or womap) has helped tC
create. The nee Of metal coiBs 10 10 bt
discouraged and In their stead the cor
poFation viii Issue pay cheess or due
bills In its own units Of value. IN pay
ment for actual valae received. ethel
In labor or material, aud these unit
will always be receivable for all interna
exchanges. The colony will employ
doctors, bat lawyers, they say, will moi
be needed.
The Milwauke cans interested includt
+. W. AIlis, James OFmsbv, X. l.. Don
nelson, Walter Stoddard a9d Mtssrs
Lee, McOssslen, Gilman and others
They are holding meetings every Sun
day in Fraternity Hall. A large partl
will start from Chicago for the Bev
colony April LIST, and those who hav'
joined at other points will imm CRATE 81
rapidly as they are called for. The
hFst to 20 will be carpenters, brick
makers and other mechanics. 1h'
friends Of the project in this city say
that $50 900 has already been pledged
which amoant, they think, Is sufnoien
to make the undertaking q suooe S."